The Curious Tinker

Modern Vintage Tailor & Dressmaker, Retro enthusiast, jive dancer, hoarder of haberdashery, collector of kitsch kitchenalia

[The Curious Tinker @Curious_Tinker]

@TreehouseNQY I'm super proud and excited to be a part of the team launching this new business in Newquay Very Soon! #treehouseNQY #socialenterprise #community

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New year, New Dress 💙💛💙
This simple concept was incubating for most of 2017... the realisation… https://t.co/cxBrvwve5m

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Set a reminder! This Sunday at 9pm I’ll be listing all of these epic, one of a kind, vintage… https://t.co/N7Skwm9FxM

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The Jellyfish Lampshade has arrived 💙
@ameliaberkeley designed this gorgeous exclusive fabric… https://t.co/n6NWxSHL1n

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Awesome clutch bags in makersguildnewquay now!
Bringing the retro rainbow to your winter… https://t.co/rnh4Lu99F3

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Eight gorgeous vintage fabric scraps from dresses I’ve made
💙💚💙💚💙
#applique #waves #seaside… https://t.co/MW0pnP59jW

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Handbag developments 👜
I was never sure what I’d make with this print, ‘Persian Woodland’, I… https://t.co/qQJHzq4UrR

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Handbag making obsession in full effect...next up:acceptance! This amazing seventies fabric was… https://t.co/d6XzSG222z

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I am SO off the waggon 😂 handbags are owning my every thought 😄
I bought tiny tuck-locks, how… https://t.co/APS1i3gEmo

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For sale! Collection of badges £6 inclusive of UK postage #badges #badgecollection #eightieskid… https://t.co/j0kxkjILS7

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@O2 They started the day after I gave you my email....I can't believe its a coincidence

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@O2 Shame on you! My business email inbox has been clean as a whistle for 3 years. You have sold me out and I am now spammed daily 😡

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This afternoon I had a purse making sewing class with Martha who is making things with her late… https://t.co/Dn6VGqoFZc

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So exciting seeing my pretty dresses in a shop 😍 And what a beautiful vintage wardrobe was… https://t.co/f2oQY1Qlpw

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@flybe amazed you didn't plan to seat our 2yr old with a parent! Shouldn't have to pay extra for that #dumbstruck #yourfault #blunder

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For sale 😭 1960's Newcraft home office metamorphic cabinet.
Probably the greatest piece of… https://t.co/FXwKcVA1Jm

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Still a tonne of chores for the benefit of the whole household to tick off before I can get in… https://t.co/SnolI0k2Z1

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This bespoke #dachshundskirt is hand sewn by the lovely @Curious_Tinker. #Sausagedog buttons by @stockwellbutton
https://t.co/sJdJNU49YL

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A nod to the Nineties 💕
These remnants from a bridal commission in 2016 inspired me to make this… https://t.co/uCPKPoGfy5

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I've had these Strawberry Shortcake figures are 35 years old and still have the delicious fruity… https://t.co/9heTmomuCd